Tag: Ogun
2015 Pilgrimage: pregnant women, others not eligible
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Ogun State Chairman of the Christian Pilgrims Welfare Board, CPWB, Archbishop Oludotun Ogunseye has stated that pregnant women…
Five passengers in crashed bus, not 18 – TRACE
Contrary to reports that the 18 seater bus that plunged into River Ome along Ogbere–Ore –Benin expressway last night was…
Storey building collapses in Ogun
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta An uncompleted storey building collapsed on Thursday at New Osoosun area of Ifo in Ifo local government area…
Late Ogun RTEAN chairman buried
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta The Ogun state chairman of the Road Transport Employers Association of Nigeria, RTEAN, Alhaji Mugisu Akinpelu, who died…
Tight security as tribunal rules on case against Kashamu, others
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Security was tightened Friday morning around Magistrates’ Court, Isabo venue of the sitting of the National and State…
Night guard, ex-convict arrested for armed robbery in Ogun
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta The Ogun State Police Command is not leaving anything to chance in chasing armed robbers out of the…
Motorcycle restriction order curbs crimes— Ogun police boss
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Ogun State Police Commissioner, Abdulmajid Ali has described the restriction order placed on operators of commercial motorcycles and…
Two suspected cultists arrested for robbery
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Nemesis caught up with two suspected cultists in Ogun State as they were arrested by the Police operatives…
Police boss meets security chiefs over effective policing in Ogun
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta In order to effectively police Ogun State, southwest Nigeria, the State Commissioner of Police, Abdulmajid Ali, has met…
Model School: 3,435 to sit for interview Saturday
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta At least 3,435 people have been shortlisted for job interview at the newly built model schools in Ogun…
Ogun NUJ decries detention of 7 journalists by judge
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta The Ogun state council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, has condemned the detention of seven of…
Five suspected robbers arrested
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Robbers and other criminals are now facing hard times in Ogun as police detectives attached to Sagamu on…
Ogun to distribute another batch of C of O
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta The Ogun State Government will on Thursday distribute fresh 1,500 Certificates of Occupancy (C of O) to beneficiaries.…
Dead man dumped on Ogun road
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Residents of Ago Oko area in Abeokuta South Local Government Area of Ogun State woke up Wednesday morning…
10 suspected robbers, rapists nabbed in Ogun
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Ten suspected armed robbers and rapists who have allegedly been terrorising Ijebu Ode in Ijebu Local Government Area…
100 Days: Amosun asks residents to keep hope alive
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun state has urged residents of the state to keep hope alive, noting that…
Robbers raid Youth Corps members’ lodge in Ogun
Valuables were carted away early Saturday morning by some armed robbers who invaded the residence of National Youth Corps members…
1,000 SDP members return to APC in Ogun
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Over one thousand members of the Social Democratic Party, SDP, in Ijebu East Local Government area of Ogun…
120 suspected cultists arrested in Ogun
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Hard times await suspected cult members in Ogun State, western Nigeria, as the police operatives deployed by the…
Landlord, 65, arrested for killing tenant’s toddler son
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Police detectives attached to Otta Division of the state command have arrested a lanlord, Joseph Olaleye, 65, for…
Ogun police parade 27 suspects
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta As part of its efforts to rid the state of crimes, the Ogun State Police Command on Wednesday…
Ogun Police declare war on land grabbers
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta The Ogun State Police Command has declared war on land grabbers and speculators terrotising the state, warning them…
306 Peace Corps volunteers sworn in at Ogun camp
At least 306 Peace Corps of Nigeria (PCN) volunteers commenced the Gentlemen Cadets Orientation Programme at the Federal Government Girls…
Bus Driver Crushes Motorcyclist, Passenger To Death
A commuter bus driver Thursday crushed to death a commercial motorcyclist and a passenger at Alagbole, a border town between…
CBN extends cashless policy to Abuja, 5 more states
The cashless policy of the Central Bank of Nigeria, which has been in force in Lagos since last year, has…
The Fault Lines in Nigeria’s ruling party
BY JAMIU YISA Crisis rocks PDP in Adamawa, Lagos, Ogun and Ekiti states Adamawa The power struggle within the ruling…
Heavy rains, flood forecast for August-October
The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NIMET) on Friday said there was a high prospect of intense rains between August and October…
Strike: Death Toll Rises To 22
Since the nationwide protests against fuel subsidy removal started on Monday, at least 22 people have been killed while several…
Participants Laud Lagos International Trade Fair
Participants at the just concluded 25th Lagos International Trade Fair have lauded its success. They told the News Agency of…
Convenant Varsity To Rank Among World Best
The Vice Chancellor, Covenant University, Ota, Ogun, Prof. Aize Obayan, said the institution would break the jinx of poor ranking…